A bodaboda handbag snatcher cheat death by a whisker as angry mob pounce on him.

A bodaboda handbag snatcher is fighting for his life at Thika level five hospital after by irate mob in Witeithie Estate pounced on him over allegations of grabbing valuables from unsuspecting members of public and speeding away on a motorbike.

His bike was also burnt

According to eyewitness accounts, the suspect was in the company of another who managed to escape on foot.

The duo are said to be operating along the Thika Superhighway especially at Njomoko Stage and Thika town and environs.

They are alleged to have snatched grabbed a phone from their victim and sped off before some bodaboda operators gave chase and managed to nab one of them.

They frogmarched the suspect to Kamuguti ground in Witeithie, subjected to mob justice before dousing him in petrol and setting him ablaze together with his bike.

He was saved from further punishment by the police who took him to hospital.

Elsewhere, an unknown pedestrian died on spot after being hit unidentified vehicle near Castle brewery in Thika on Sunday morning.

The deceased body was dismembered after several run over it.

Motorists were forced to block the superhighway heading to Nairobi to enable the police to collect his remains.